As bees make honey they secrete glucoseoxidase, an enzyme that releases the bleach hydrogen peroxide when it comes into contact with wound liquids.

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His grandfather and his father both kept bees in Mexico to make honey for the family.

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Psilakis says Crete even has special bees that make particularly good honey.

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But bees do more than make honey.

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